Image Search -Monterey

JazzJunkie wrote:

I forgot to mention that the only copy of the image I have is what I posted on FB 9years ago. FB discards all the embedded info from the file. It popped up on my FB feed, and I downloaded the image. When I check "File Info" in Photoshop, all the XMP, EXIF info etc is gone.

If you open that image in Preview, press cmd+i to open the Inspector, and click i⃝, does this confirm all of the metadata is gone from that image? If so, then I suspect you are done.

What specific piece of information are you seeking in an image file that matches the one you want to find? Do your images have XMP or EXIF content that can narrow the search to a specific image?

If you haven't already done this, try doing a Spotlight search on the most likely word or letters in the file name, then in the resulting window click the Kind column header to sort by Kind, then organize by Date Created using the view options button in the top line of the search results window, then scroll down to "2015."

Then click the thumbnails view to see thumbnails of the images.